Pensions: among the Insoumis, the strategy of the street against institutions

The rebels pay little heed to the institutions of the Fifth Republic. And for good reason: for more than six years now, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s troops have been calling for a Constituent National Assembly and theorizing the transition to a “Sixth Republic”. So since the government drew 49.3, a constitutional tool, LFI elected officials have been crying out for the denial of democracy. It is now the “spontaneous mobilizations throughout the country” that Jean-Luc Mélenchon encourages, calling for “popular censorship”. “That’s where it’s at,” he said. LFI deputy Antoine Léaument still wanted to change the Constitution “by the street or by the ballot box”.